Coin separator and assorter



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Patented Feb. 26, 1924.

ADDREN H. YOUNG, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

COIN SEPARATOR AND ASSOB'IER.

Application filed April 14, 1923. Serial No. 632,069.

To all w hom it may concern Be it known that I, ADDREN H. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin Separators and Assorters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to means for separating and asserting coins of various denominations, and particularly to machines of this character designed to receive mixed coins in bulk and by a series of screens assort the coins and discharge them into the proper discharge spouts.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide means whereby the set of screen trays upon which the coins are discharged and by which they are assorted may be given a very rapid lateral reciprocating movement which will act to shift the coins around in the trays and eventually cause the assorting of the coins by the several trays.

A further object is to provide means whereby while the trays are reciprocating all of the trays may be tipped to a discharge position to discharge the coins therein into the proper coin chutes, the reciprocation of the trays acting to cause the downward movement of the coins on the screens and into the proper discharge chute.

Another object is to provide gates at the discharge ends of the several screen trays,

' which gates act to prevent the discharge of the coins before the coins have been fully as sorted and before the series of trays have been tipped, and provide means for automatically opening these gates when the trays are tipped so as to permit the discharge of coins therefrom.

Still another object is to provide a machine of this character which is readily adapted to separate and assort other coins of a few denominations or coins of many denominations.

A still further object is to provide means whereby the trays may be supported for transverse reciprocation when they are in a horizontal position and also support the series of trays for transverse reciprocation when the trays are tilted.

A further object is to provide means for taking up the shock incident to the trans: verse reciprocation of the trays.

Other objects have to do with the details of construction and arrangement of parts as will appear more fully hereinafter.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure l is a perspective view of a coin separator and assorter constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the coin assorter, showing the assorting trays tipped in dotted lines;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a section on the line ii of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a detail fragmentary side elevation of the trays showing the gate operating means;

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 2;

Figure 7 is a diagrammatic view illustrating a coin assorter having six trays instead of three and showing in dotted lines the manner in which these trays operate to discharge coins into the several chutes;

Referring to these drawings, 10 designates a rectangular casing which may be of any suitable length and width and may be made of any suitable material properly braced, and has mounted within it a transverse shaft 11 which is mounted in suitable hearings in the casing for rocking movement but is held from longitudinal movement. Disposed within the casing above this shaft are a series of trays, shown as three in number and designated 12, 13 and 14, these trays being mounted in a suitable frame and each tray having a perforated bottom constituting a screen, these perforated bottoms being designated 15, 16 and 17. The bottom of the lowest tray is not perforated. The bottom of the first tray has perforations slightly smaller than the largest coins to be handled, the bottom of the second tray has perforations larger than the smallest coins to be handled, and, as before remarked, thebottom 17 of the lowest tray is imperforate. Thus it will be understood that when a mass of coins is disposed upon the top tray and the series of trays are laterally reciprocated, as before stated, the smallest coins will drop through the bottom 15 and will also pass through the bottom 16 and land upon the bottom 17, the largest coins will be held from passage through the screen 15, While the coins next in size will be held upon the screen 16, being too large to pass through the openings thereof.

I have illustrated screens arranged to separate and assort niclrels, dimes and quarters, but it will be understood that more screens may be used so as to assert ha-1t dollars, quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies or any other combination of coins ofdifi'erent I sizes.

The frame within which the several screens =or tra-ys aire mounted is designated 18 and this frame 'is mounted for lateral reciprocation upon the shaft 111. To this end a pair of approximately ii-shaped 'yokes 19are attached to the trams 18 in any suitable manner at the lateral edges thereof, the cross bar 20 of the yoke to which the arms 19 :are riveted being apertured for the pee- 21is operated, the frame '18 supporting the series of screens will be oscillated laterally back and forth upon the shaitt 11. The frame 18 is provided upon its under side with bearings 26 through which the sl-waft 11 passes, these bearings ermitti'ng longitudinal movement of the l me 18 longitudinally of the shaft but also permitting a rocking movement of the series of trays supported by the frame 18 upon the shaft. The shaft 11 extends through the side walls of the casing 10, and disposed against the in" ner face of each side wall is a washer 27. Carried upon the adjacent end of the shaft are washers 28, and disposed between these washers are the coiled compression springs 29, these springs acting as butters as the trays are laterally oscillated, taking up the shock of these trays.

a For the purpose of oscillating these trays by power, I provide a motor, preferably an electric motor, 30 which is disposed within the inside of the casing below the trays, the

motor shaft 31 carrying at its end a band wheel. A counter-shaft 3-2 mount-ed within the casing supports a band wheel and a band 34 passes from the motor shaft around this relatively large wheel Mounted upon the shaft 32 and rotating therewith is a band Wheel 34 which is smaller than the band Wheel 83 and this is connected by means of a band 35 to a band wheel 36 mounted upon a conntershaft 37. This shaft is mounted in the end wall oft-he casing 10 and in the intermediate wall 25 and carries uponits inner end tlie ci 'ahl 38 having a wrist pin '89. Extending from this Wrist pin 39 laterally toward the side wall of the casing 10 is a ,pitman 40 which at its end is connected to a link 41 pivoted at 42 upon the partition 25, and extending from the lower end of this link is a second link 43, which in turn is pivoted to "the lower end of the lever 21. Thus it will be obvious that as the shaft 37 is rotated the lever 2l will he oscillatech'and the upper 'end of this lever being-engaged with the yokes 19 and 20 will cause the lateral movement of the frame 18 supporting the several's'creens.

As before remarked, the frame 18 is mounted upon the shaft 11 for rocking movement so that after the coins have 'been assorted by a shaking movement transmitted to the severalcoinscreens, the-coins ma be discharged from the several screen trays and it is 'to this 'end that the frame 18 has the bearings 26 which-embrace the shaft 11.. 'F or the purpose of normally holding the screen iirame in a horizontal position while it is being oscillated, T mount V-upon the shaft 11 a. rectangular supporting frame, designated generally 44, and this iEI'ZtlHB at its ends carries the transversely extending end {piece 45 slotted, as at 46, and mounted in these slots are thesupfporting rollers 47 against which the bottom 17 ofth'e lowest tray bears; This frame 44 is fastened rigidly to the shaft 11 so that while the shaft 11 is held in its normal position the series of trays oan-not be tipped. ivhen', however, the shaft is rocked the frame 44 willrock with the shaft and this will act to tilt the trays from their normal position to a discharging position, as illustrated in dotted lines in F gure 2.

F or the purpose 'of'ftilting the trays, the

shaft 11 one end carries 'a handle 4 Which is adapted to he defpressed to depress the forward end of the tray. For the purpose of supporting the trays for lateral recipro cation when the trays have been tilted, I

'mount between the sides of the casing 1O ad jacent the forward ends of the trays but below the same the cross bar '49. This cross,

bar carries upon its upper edge face the plate 50 and also carries.mounted upon it p the brackets 51 which support thca'ollers52. When the trays are tilted to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, t'he for; ward portion of the bottom 17 of the lowest t-ray rests upon these rollers so that the tray is thus supported by the rollers 52 and by the shaft 11 while itis being oscillated and while it is also tipped. When the series of trays are in a horizontal position, they are supported by the shaft 11 and the frame 45 and also by a roller '53 which is mounted in a suitable bearing in the end wall 54 of the casing, the roller projecting sutiiciently so that the rear end of the bottom 17 will rest upon this roller.

Swingingly mounted within the several trays are the gates 55, 56 and 57. These are disposed above the discharge ends of the several screens and when these several screens are in a horizontal position the gates are vertical and prevent any outward movement of the coins. These gates are positively swung to a vertical position when the trays are in a horizontal position and positively swung outward with reference to the bottoms of the several trays when the trays are shifted to an inclined position by means of the mechanism illustrated in Figure 5. Each tray is formed with a shaft 58, and carried upon each shaft is an arm 59. These arms are arranged one above the other, as illustrated in Figure 5, and pivotally con nected at their free ends by means of a link 60. Thus the arms will have parallel movement. Also pivotally connected to'the upper link 59 is a vertical rod 61 having a foot 62 at its lower end adapted to strike against an abutment 63, this rod passing through a guide 64. A contractile spring 65 which is attached to the side of the frame at one end and at its other end is connected to the arm 59 acts not only to yieldingly draw the several trays to a horizontal position but also acts to resist the relative upward movement of the arms 59. When the trays are swung downward into an inclined position the lower end of the rod 61 will strike the abutment 63 and thus prevent the downward movement of the arms 59 and hold these arms in a horizontal position while the trays are moving to a downwardly inclined position. Thus the shafts 58 will be rotated relative to the several trays and as the trays move downward the gates 55, 56 and 57 will be opened to permit the discharge of coins from the several trays toward the discharge ends of the trays.

It will be noted from Figure 2 that the bottom of the first tray 15 projects out beyond the bottom 16 of the second tray and this in turn projects out beyond the bottom 17 of the third tray and if more trays are used they will all be arranged in this stepped relation. Operatively pivoted at the discharge end of each tray is a swinging gate or valve 66 which normally swings to a closed position but which as the trays are tilted downward maintains its vertical position and thus permits the discharge of the coins from the several screens.

Coacting with each of these screens 15, 16 and 17 are the discharge chutes 67, 68 and 69. These are arranged in stepped relation, and as the series of trays swing down ward to the discharge position the discharge end of each tray will approximate and be disposed immediately over the corresponding chute 67, 68 or 69 and the coins upon that tray or screen will be discharged into the approximate chute. The chute 67 leads laterally downward and discharges through the spout 67 a in one side wall of the machine. The spout 68 which receives the coins from the screen 16 discharges into the spout 68 and discharges these coins at the front of the machine. The screen 17 discharges into the chute 69 and this discharges laterally into the spout 69 Thus it will be seen, assuming this separator and assorter is designed to be used for the purpose of separating and asserting quarters, dimes and nickels, that the quarters will be discharged into the chute 67 and out through the spout 67 the nickels will be received upon the screen 16 and discharged downward into the chute 68 and through the spout 68*, while the dimes will be received upon the screen 17, discharged into the chute 69' and thus through the spout 69. Obviously if a greater number of denominations of coins are to be separated there will be more screens, as before explained, a corresponding number of chutes, and a corresponding number of spouts.

I have illustrated in Figure 7 the arrangement of the screens, chutes and the spouts for a machine capable of handling coins including half dollars, quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies. This is merely to illustrate that my coin separating device may be so arranged as to separate mixed coins including coins of a plurality of denominations without in any way departing from the principle of the invention.

The coins are disposed upon the top tray and heaped onto the screen thereof. This screen has perforations 7 O therein of such size as to prevent the downward passage therethrough of the largest coins which are to be separated but permitting all coins of a smaller diameter to pass. stance, all the quarters will be held upon the screen 15. The screen 16 is provided with perforations 7 0 large enough to retain the next largest size of coins as, for instance, nickels and allow all the smaller coins to drop through. Thus in Figure 4: the dimes will drop through the screen 16 and onto the bottom plate 17. If other coins are to be distributed, obviously the plate 17 will be perforated and the smallest coin will pass through these perforations.

For the purpose of preventing the heap of coins from being shaken out or oil' of the upper tray, I provide the side walls of this tray at the rear end where the coins are initially placed with overhanging flanges 71 and also provide a cover 72 which may be disposed upon the case 10 so as to cover in the top thereof. Preferably in addition to the springs'29 buffers 73 of rubber or like resilient material are disposed against the side walls of the machine and surround the Thus, for in- 1 greases perforations of the tray immediately above, a gate swingingly mounted upon each tray and preventing the discharge of coins longitudinally therethrough, means for laterally reciprocating the series of trays, manually operable means whereby the trays may be tilted to discharge the coins, means acting to raise said gates when the trays are tilted downward, and a series of chutes into which the trays respectively discharge.

5. A coin separating and assorting mechanism comprising supporting frame, a series of superposed trays disposed within the frame, the bottom of the lowest tray being imperforate, each superjacent tray having its bottom perforate and the perforations of one tray being smaller than the perforations of the tray immediately above, a gate swingingly mounted upon each tray and preventing the discharge of coins longitudinally there-through, means for laterally reciprocating the series of trays, manually operable means whereby the trays may be tilted to discharge the coins, means acting automatically to raise said gates when the trays are tilted downward, a series of chutes into which the trays respectively discharge, and swinging gates at the discharge ends of the trays swinging over said chutes as the trays are tilted downward to prevent the coins from passing beyond the chutes.

6. A coin separator and assorter compris in a supporting frame, a series of trays disposed within the frame, the lowest tray having an imperforate bottom, the other trays having perforate bottoms, the apertures of one tray being smaller than the apertures of the tray immediately above, a shaft supporting the trays for tilting movement, means for preventing the discharge of coins from the trays when they are in a horizontal position and automatically opening to permit the discharge of coins when the trays are in their tilted position, supporting means carried by the shaft and oscillatable therewith and upon which the trays'rest, the trays having lateral movement relative to the shaft and said supporting means, and means for laterally reciprocating the trays. I

'7. A coin separator and assorter comprising a supporting frame, a series of trays disposed within the frame, the lowest tray having an imperforate bottom, the other trays having perforate bottoms, the apertures of one tray being smaller than the apertures of the tray immediately above, a shaft supporting the trays for tilting movement, means for preventing the discharge of coins from the trays when they are in a horizontal position and automatically opening to permit the discharge of coins when the trays are in their tilted position, supporting means carried by the shaft and oscillatable therewith and upon which the trays rest, the trays having lateral movement relative to the shaft and said supporting means, and power operated means for laterally reciprocating the t'ays including a power driven crank, and a pitman connected to the trays.

8. A coin separator and assorter comprising a supporting frame, a series of trays disposed within the frame, the lowest tray having an imperforate bottom, the other trays having perforate bottoms, the apertures of one tray being smaller than the apertures of the tray immediately above, a shaft supporting the trays for tilting movement, means for preventing the discharge of coins from the trays when they are in a horizontal position and automatically opening to permit the discharge of coins when the trays are in their tilted position, supporting means carried by the shaft and oscillatable therewith and upon which the trays rest, the trays having lateral movement relative to the shaft and said supporting means, means for laterally reciprocating the trays, and means for cushioning the trays at their terminations of the reciprocating movement.

9. A coin separator and assorter comprising a supporting frame, a series of trays disposed within the frame, the lowest tray having an imperforate bottom, the other trays having perforate bottoms, the apertures of one tray being smaller than the apertures of the tray immediately above, a shaft supporting the trays for tilting movement, means for preventing the discharge of coins from the trays when they are in a horizontal position and automatically opening to permit the discharge of coins when the trays are in their tilted position, supporting means carried by the shaft and oscillatable therewith and upon which the trays rest, the trays having lateral movement relative to the shaft and said supporting means, means for laterally reciprocating the trays, and means for cushioning the trays at their terminations of the reciprocating movement including coiled compression springs surrounding said shaft and normally urging the trays to a middle position on the shaft.

10. A coin separator and assorter comprising a supporting frame, a series of superposed trays disposed within the frame, the lowest tray of the series having an imperforate bottom, the remainder of the trays having perforated bottoms, a manually operable transverse rock shaft mounted in the frame, the series of trays having bearings through which the shaft passes, the bearings permitting reciprocation of the trays lengthwise of the shaft, coiled springs disposed be tween the trays and the frame and resisting lateral movement of the trays, means carried by the shaft for supporting the trays in a horizontal position and permitting said lateral reciprocation and causing the tilting of the trays when the shaft isrocked in one direction, a lever embracing the shaft and movable longitudinally of the shaft, 'yokes operatively connected to the trays and bearing loosely against said lever on each side of said lever, and power operated means for oscillating the lever.

11.. A coin separator and assorted: including a supporting frame, a series of superposed. trays disposed within the frame, the lowermost tray having an imperforate bottom, the superjacent trays having perforate bottoms, the apertures in the bottom'of one tray being larger than the apertures of the tray immediately below, a manually'operable transverse rock shaft carried in said frame, bearings carried by the trays and through which the shaft passes, said bearings permitting the lateral movement of the trays with relation to the shaft, a frame mounted upon the shaft for rocking movement therewith and extending. beneath the trays and having rollers upon which the bottom of the lowest tray engages, rollers mounted upon the frame below the forward'end of the trayand with which the forward end of the trayengages when the rock shaft is rocked and the trays tilted to a discharge position, and means for laterally reciprocating the trays including a crank, and a lever operated by thecrank and embracing the shaft and being oscillatabl'e independently of the shaft, and yokes engaging on opposite sides of the lever and loosely surrounding the shaft and. connected to the trays. i

12. A coin separator and assorter including a supporting frame, a series of superposed trays disposed within the frame, the lowermost tray having an imperforatebottom, the superjacent trays having perforate bottoms, the apertures inthe bottom of one tray being larger than the apertures: of the tray immediately below, a manually operable transverse rock shaft carried. in said frame,

bearin s carried by the trays andfth-rough which the shaft passes, saidbearings permitting the lateral movement of the trays. with relation to the slmft,- a frame mounted'upon the shaft for rockingmoyenientitherewith and extending beneath, the trays and having r011 ers upon. which the bottom of the last tray engages, rollers. mounted. upon the: frame below the forward end of the tray and with which the for-ward end of the tray engages when the rock shaft is rocked and the trays tiltedto a discharge position, means for laterally reciprocating the.- trays including av crank, a lever operated by the crank and embracing the shaft and being oscillat'abl'e independently of the shaft, yokes engaging on opposite sides of the lever: and loosely surrounding the shaft and. connected to the trays, and a roller mounted at the rear end of the frame and upon which the rear end of character described including insesoc the series of trays rest when the trays are in a horizontal position and constituting astop lim-iting the movement of the trays" in either direction. i

In an assorting mechanism of the character described, iaseries oftraysmounted for tilting movement, swinging gates mounted upon each tray and norm-ally extending across the path of movement of the contents of the tray, the gates having shafts extending to the exterior of the several trays, parallel link connected arms mounted upon the shafts, a rod connected to one of said arms and extending vertically downward, an abutn'ient with which said rod is? adapted to engage as the trays swing downward. to thereby cause the opening of the gates, and a spring yieldi-ngly urging the arms on the several gates to a horizontal position.-

14. A coin asserting mechanism of the an outer casing having a cover, a series of superposed trays disposed in the upper portion of said casing and supported in a frame, the lowest tray having an imperforate bottom, super j-acen-t trays being formed w'tlr perforate bottoms and the perforations in one tray being less in sizethan the perforations in the tray next above, the trays being closed at their rear ends, gates adjacent the forward ends of the trays preventing the discharge of coins therefrom when the trays are in a horizontal position, a transverse shaft, the tray frame having bearings through which said shaft loosely passes, a, frame supported by said. shaft for oscillation therewith ex tending beneath the trays and having rollers at its opposite ends against which: the bot raising said gates. when the trays are tilted,

the forward'ends of the trays being disposed in stepped relation, chutes disposed below the forward end of. each tray, theseveral chutes being disposed in stepped relation whereby as the series of trays are'tilted each tray will have its mouth disposed over one of said chutes, and spouts. opening upon the exterior of the casing and into which said chutes discharge, V In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

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